The Evil Man’s Lazy Lady Chapter 52 (Part 3)
Chapter 52: Indirect Kiss (3) Original translation is from tenderflower's blog.
“Brother Yuanbao!” She smiled sweetly at him, threw the apple to him, climbed up three or two times, and sat beside him.
Zhu Yuanbao was in a good mood. As long as she remembered him, he would be content. He gave her the apple again: “Here you are, this is the apple my father brought back from the county town. It’s very sweet. It costs 50 wens a catty and I saved one for you!”
It was the first time Shu Lan saw such a big apple. It was red everywhere, as beautiful as the red agate earrings on her older sister’s ears. She held the apple and took a bite. It was not as crisp and juicy as ordinary apples but had a soft sandy sweetness, which was very delicious.
“Brother Yuanbao is so nice!” She muttered while eating.
Zhu Yuanbao didn’t say a word and tilted his head to look at Shu Lan.
Today, she wore a light purple shirt with a red skirt embroidered with begonia flowers. Because she was sitting now, a pair of pink embroidered shoes were exposed under the skirt and shaking gently. He stared at her little feet for a while, then his eyes slowly moved upwards, passing over her slightly bulging chest, and falling on her small white hand holding the apple. It happened that she took another bite. Her mouth was rosy and tender, with just one glance, he felt a little thirsty. He lowered his head in a panic, not daring to look again. Then he thought she was going home in a while and didn’t know when the next meeting was, so he quietly peeked at her again.
Shu Lan noticed his peeking, thought for a while, and handed him the apple that had already eaten half of it: “Brother Yuanbao, do you want to eat it too?”
Zhu Yuanbao’s face turned red all of a sudden and he hurriedly explained, “This is specially reserved for you. I’ve eaten enough!” She must have misunderstood his greed!
“But I’m full!” Shu Lan said with a frown. She couldn’t finish eating such a big apple.
It turned out to be the case. Zhu Yuanbao was a bit dumbfounded. If she could eat it, he was afraid she wouldn’t give it to him, right? He really thought too much.
In fact, he didn’t like to eat half of what other people ate, but looking at Shu Lan’s red and tender mouth, his heart jumped up inexplicably. He took the apple, glanced at her again, and carefully took a bite where she had just bitten. Even though it was the same as other apples, he felt like this was the best he had ever eaten.
This time, it was Shu Lan’s turn to look at Zhu Yuanbao.
Everyone in the family was born white, so Shu Lan preferred white and clean people like Cheng Qingran and Zhu Yuanbao. She was used to seeing Xiao Lang every day. If it was a stranger, she would definitely feel like the other person was black and ugly. In the past, when Zhu Yuanbao was fat, her deepest impression was his double chin and bulging belly. She didn’t pay much attention to his facial features. Now that he was thin, she couldn’t help noticing his eyebrows were dark and thick, his black and white eyes were big, his long eyelashes were drooping, his fair face was slightly red, and he looked good no matter how she looked.
Shu Lan looked at it aboveboard, and Zhu Yuanbao couldn’t even pretend he didn’t notice. For some reason, when she was staring at him, he suddenly felt very embarrassed. He ate two casually, biting all the places Shu Lan had eaten, and threw the apple into his yard and began to cover up his embarrassment: “Ah Lan, I’m 14 years old. Last month, someone asked my father if he wanted to marry a wife to me!”
“Oh, you can marry a wife at the age of 14?” Shu Lan said strangely. She always thought she could get married at the age of 16.
The blush on Zhu Yuanbao’s face faded for a moment, then deepened, and said to her in a low voice, “Of course, you can. Some people marry a daughter-in-law at the age of 13, but usually, they make a marriage first and then get married at the age of 14 or 15. It depends on whether the man is in a hurry or not, and the bride’s side is reluctant to give up their daughter.” After a pause, he raised his eyes to look at Shu Lan, and his voice became even lower: “My father asked me what I wanted, and I said I didn’t want to marry.”
“Then why don’t you want to marry?” Shu Lan asked curiously. Xiao Lang was as big as her, and he had already thought about marrying her, so why wasn’t Zhu Yuanbao in a hurry?
Her black and bright almond eyes were clean and clear like the stream in the deep mountains, clear and not stained with dust.
Seeing such a pair of eyes, Zhu Yuanbao’s shyness suddenly receded. She didn’t understand this at all. He could tell her with confidence: “Because I already have someone I like. I have to wait for her to grow up. I will go to her house to propose marriage, marry her back, work hard to make money, and take good care of her. Ah Lan, you know what? Marriage is a lifetime event, so I want to marry someone I like, otherwise, I would rather not marry.”
“Why do you have to marry someone you like? Besides, you haven’t seen the other girl, so maybe you will like her too!” Shu Lan turned her head and asked him. She wanted to marry Xiao Lang because Xiao Lang’s family was the closest to her house, and he also said he would let her see them. It had nothing to do with liking.
When most people listen to him, they would ask him who he liked!
Zhu Yuanbao finally lost the courage he mustered up. He looked at Shu Lan sadly and said angrily: “Because I want to eat and sleep with her. If I don’t like that person, I will feel very bored and irritable! Also, the kind of liking I’m talking about is not the kind of liking you imagine. It’s the kind of liking that makes you panic when you don’t see her for a day, just want to see her right away, do you understand? You can only like one person at a time, since I like her then no matter if there is a better girl, I will never fall in love with anyone else. Ah Lan, do you understand?”
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